Channel & Customer Strategy Intern (Summer 2024)

fairlife, LLC is a Chicago-based dairy company that creates great-tasting, nutrition-rich and value-added products to nourish consumers.

With more than $1B in annual retail sales, fairlife’s growing portfolio of delicious, lactose-free, real dairy products includes: fairlife® ultra-filtered milk; Core Power® High Protein Shakes, a sports nutrition drink to support post-workout recovery; fairlife® nutrition plan™, a nutrition shake to support the journey to better health.

A wholly owned subsidiary of The Coca-Cola company, fairlife, LLC has been recognized by both Fast Company and Nielsen for its industry leading innovation.

The company is driven by its values of caring for people, the animals that supply us with milk, and the planet. By providing nourishing products, implementing stringent care standards for animals, and stewarding efficient operations and responsible packaging, fairlife, LLC puts a focus each day on making a positive impact for all. 

To learn more about fairlife and its complete line of products, please visit fairlife.com.

about our internship program:

The fairlife Summer Internship Program is designed to welcome interns across our locations to gain meaningful experience and social and professional development opportunities. For 11 weeks, interns will work in one of our three locations: Chicago, IL, Coopersville, MI, or Goodyear, AZ. fairlife’s paid internship program also offers a summer full of social, professional, and community engagement events including exposure to our senior leadership and executives across the business in small group settings, insight into company initiatives, off-site field trips, and for those qualified and selected, an opportunity to pursue a full-time job opportunity.

The fairlife 2024 Summer Internship Program will take place from 6/3 through 8/16 at the fairlife specified in this job description.

job purpose: The Channel and Customer Strategy team leads strategic planning and the go-to-market plan for all channels and customers within North America. As the intern on the Channel and Customer Strategy team, this role will support strategy, planning, and communication to our National Retail Sales and Zone Sales teams for the fairlife portfolio of dairy-based nutrition brands. They will work primarily to support large store customers, though they may offer support to our small stores and foodservice channel leads as time allows. The ideal candidate understands that true value creation, both for our customers and the company, is built upon a long-term, shared vision of growth that is grounded in consumer and shopper needs/occasions and informed by leading edge category and channel insights. This individual will work seamlessly across multiple functions within fairlife to support strategic selling decks that deliver long-term, profitable growth for the company and our most valued retail partners.

skills/qualifications required:

• Must be currently enrolled in a four-year undergraduate degree program, entering the fall semester as a junior or senior (preferred)
• Preferred focus on Data Analytics, Consumer Insights/Sociology, Marketing, Business, Operations, Management, Information Systems, or Sales
• Cumulative GPA of 3.0/4.0, or higher
• Always curious, always asking questions, and always striving to learn
• High proficiency with all Microsoft Office platforms, specifically Excel and PowerPoint (pivot tables and VLOOKUPs in Excel and charting data in PPT)
• Ability to handle ambiguity and work in a fast paced, entrepreneurial environment.

learning objectives:

• Exposure to how mid-sized CPG companies (fairlife) and large CPG companies (The Coca-Cola Company) operate
• Learn about other functions within CPG companies such as Category Commercial, Sales, Shopper Marketing, Revenue Growth Management, Brand/Marketing, Knowledge & Insights, Digital, and Business Intelligence
• Develop an understanding each of the fairlife brands and all the channels that fairlife plays in
• Develop an understanding of fairlife Commercial priorities by diving into Channel Plans
• Learn how to use popular syndicated data sources (Nielsen, 84.51, Numerator, etc.) to drive business strategy forward
• Work cross-functionally with Small Store & Foodservice/On Premise team to learn full scope of channel strategy
• Networking & Mentoring Opportunities

internship location: Chicago, IL

schedule: Hybrid working (2-3 days/office)

internship duration: 6/3/2024 through 8/16/2024

reports to: Senior Manager, Channel & Customer Strategy – Large Stores

fairlife, LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, age, disability, veteran status, or any other category protected by law. All qualified applicants and employees will be given equal opportunity. Selection decisions are based on job-related factors.

In addition to its nondiscrimination commitment, the Company will also provide reasonable accommodation of qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the Company. If you have a disability and would like to request accommodation in order to apply for a position with us, please email [email protected].